Garment-rack.



B. HARSKOWITGH. GARMENT BACK. APPLICATION FILED- JUNE 24, 909.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

; ATTORNEYS M/WESSES' H BENJAMIN HARsKo'wHcH, on NEW rennin. Y.

GARMENT-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN HARSKO- WITCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the, county of Kings and .State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Rack, of which the following is a fu1l, clear,' and exact de scription.

This invention relates 'to garment racks, and more particularly to that type of rack adapted to be secured within a closet, wardrobe, or display case,'and serving to support a plurality of'garments. In my improved garment-supporting means, I. employ two -members, one of which is normally fixed and the other of which is normally movable, and these members are so connected together that the movable member may be pulled out longitudinally together with the garments supported thereby and may then be rotated to better display the garments.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, -formin a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts'in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a' device constructed in accordance with m invention} Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereo the slidable member being shown in dotted lines in its outer or extended position; and Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sections on the lines 33 and ii, respectively, of Fig. 1.

' My improved garment supporting means is formed of two members 10 and 11, slidably and rotatably connected together. ()ne of the members 10 is so constructed as to adapt it to be rigidly secured wlthin-a closet,

wardrobe or display case, or in: any other position where it may be desired to support or display garments. The member is adapted to be secured either to a vertical surface,

for instance, a wall, or to a horizontal surface, for instance, the under surface of a shelf. The member includes a substantially horizontal body ortion '12 having outwardly-extending angesor lugs 13, 13, ad jacent its outer end, and somewhat similar outwardlyextending flan s or lugs 14:, 14;, at'the opposite end. All our of these flanges or lugs are provided with suitable apertures through which screws may be inserted to secure the'body portion in engagement with theunder surface of a shelf. At one en... of the body portion is a base 15, extending v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 24, 1909. SerialNo. 504,071;

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

downwardly at substantially right angles to the body and having apertures, through ,which screws may be inserted to secure said base toa vertical wall. The base alone may be secured to a wall or the body portion itself may even be secured to a shelf, or both f may be relied upon as the supporting means. The body is rendered more rigid in respect to the base by means of. substantially triangular side brackets 16, 16, spaced a distance substantially equal to'the width of the movable memberv 11, so as to receive and guide the latter, as hereinafter more fully pointed out.- The body portion is provided with a groove 17 extending longitudinally thereof I in its upper surface and along substantially the outer half of the body'. Centrally of the groove is a slot 18 somewhat narrower than the groove and extending vertically through the body along approximately the outer half thereof. 1 4

The movable member 11 is ofa length approximately equal to the length of the stationary member, but is preferably somewhat narrower, at-least, one end of the movable member 11. is adapted co-extend between the. .two brackets 16 and to beheld against lateral movement in respect to the member 10 by means of said brackets. Intermediate the ends of the member 11' and extending 'up-' wardly from the upper surface thereof is'a combmed pivot and sup ort-in the form of a screw or bolt 19.; This screw or bolt extends up through the wall 18 and at its upper. end isprovided with ahead "20 of a. width greater than the slot but narrower than the groove, so that it rests within said groove and may move along the latter. This combined pivot and support is at substantially the center of the movable member so that the latter balances on this pivot and there is no particular tendency forthe member to swing out ofa horizontal plane. The

limit of movement offthe member 11 isdeterminedby the'length of-the slot,-and in one direction is determined by the engagement of one end of the movable member with the base 15 between the two brackets 16,16. The member llhas two depending flangespo'r arms 21 and 22, at its opposite ends, and' extendingfrom one of these to the other is a horizontal rod 23 substantially parallel to the body'of the member. Any suitable form of garment hangers may be suspended from t srod and arranged along the length thereol. In the simple form of my invention illustrated in the drawings, the rod may receive and support approximately one-half dozen garment hangers, so that many complete suits may be supported from my improved device.

At the outer end of the stationary member and depending from the forward edge of one of the outwardly-extending flanges 13, is a depending lug 24;, the lower end portion 25 of which extends laterally substantially parallel to the under surface of the member 10 and spaced from the body a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the member 11. Depending from the rear end of the other outwardly-extending flange,

.13 is a depending lug 26, the lower endportion 27 of which extends forwardlybejneath the flange and spaced therefrom a distance substantially equal ,to the thickness of'the member 11. These two lugs constitute stops to limit the rotation of the member 11, and also constitute means for supporting said member when it is rotated the limited extent.

The rack is normally disposed in the position indicated in solid lines in the various figures of the drawings, and the series of garment hangers are supported on the rod 23. When it is desired to remove one of the garments or to display it to view, the lower member ll'is pulled outward a distance substantially equal to one-half its length, that is, until the combined pivot and support 19 travels from the rear end of the' slot 18 to the forward or outer end thereof. The rear endof the member 11 is now no longer between the two brackets 16, 'l6, and the member .therefore may be rotated in a horizontal plane. When the member has been rotated through ninety degrees, so as to extend transversely of the member 10, it will contact with the two depending lugs 24 and 26 and further rotation will be prevented. The member 11 will now be disposed directly above the two horizontal extensions and will either be directly supported by said extensions, or, at least will be prevented from tilting in case the load on the rod 23 is,

unevenly distributed. When a particular garment suspended from the rod 23 has been removed" or exhibited, the movable-member rotated in the reverse direction through approximately ninety degrees and the rear end of themember is guided between the two flanges 16, 16, which prevents any-rotation,

of the member during the last half of the rearward movement or while it is in its rearward position. double function of supporting the upper member and guiding the lower member.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

.1. A garment rack, comprising two super- 3 osed substantially parallel horizontal memers, means connecting said members to per- The brackets thus serve the mit a longitudinalmovement of one of'said members in respect to the other and to permit a rotating movement in a horizontal plane WllGIl'Sfitld member 1s ad acent one limit of its longitudinal movement, and a bracket for supporting the other memberadjacent one end thereof and serving to prevent rotation of the first-mentioned member when it is at the other limit of its longitudinal movement.

2. A garment rack, comprising two superposed substantially parallel horizontal members, means connecting said members to permit a'longitudinal movement of one of said members in respect to the other and' -to-permit a rotating movement in a horizontal plane when said member is] adjacent one limit of its longitudinal movement, and means for supporting said memberv upon 0pposite sides of the'point of rotation when at onelimit of its rotating movement. 1 a. I

3. A garment rack, comprising-two substantially parallel horizontally e disposed members, means'for supportingone of said members substantially stationary, means for connecting said members to permit of a longitudinal movement o f the other member v,in respect to said stationary member, said second mentioned member being rotatable in respect to the stationary member when extended to its limiting position, depending arms at the ends of the movable member,

and a rod connecting said arms and substantially parallel to the body of said lastmentioned member and adapted to support a plurality of garment hangers beneath the 'pivotal support of the movable member.

4. A garment rack, comprising two members, means for supportlng one of said members substantially stationary, means for conbetween its ends'and extending through said slot to hold said members in engagement with each other and permit a longitudinal movement and the rotation of one of said members, and meanspreventing said rotation when said members are in one limiting position.

6. A garment rack, comprising two substantially parallel horizontal members, one of said members having a slot therein extending lonfiudinally thereof and the other of saidmem rs having a pivotpin midway between its ends extending, through said slot to-hold said members in engagement member and having a pivot pin extending with each other and permit a longitudinal movement and the rotation of one of said members, and means for limiting said rotatlon.

tially horizontal member having a slot therein extending longitudinally thereofand having supporting brackets adjacent one end,- a second member below said first-mentioned up throu h said s1 Jt, said'second-mentioned member; eing adapted to be dis o a -b5 5 v tween said brackets when .in one limitin position to prevent the rotation of sai second-mentioned member in a horizontal plane, and depending flanges having lateral extensions adjacent the outer end of said first-mentioned member for limiting the 7. A garment rack, including a substan.

rotation of the second-mentioned member and supporting the latter independently of its pivot pin;

8. A garment rack, com rising a substantially stationary member avin 'a slot extending longitudinally thereo a second member beneath said first-mentioned member and having a pivot pin extending up through said slot and mova le lon 'tudinally thereof said first-mentioned mem er having depending lugs with lateral extenaions adj a. cent one end and adapted to limit the rotation of the second-mentioned member and support said niember independently of Its 

